Draft-excluder.



S. 1. SMITH.

DRAFT EXCLUDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I916.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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SQUIBE 1T. 'SMITH, F VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR', BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO PATENT DEVICES, LIMITED, 0]? VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,

. CANADA.

DBAFT-EXCLUDEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1916. Serial No. 84,630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SQUIRE J. SMITH, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, Britishllolumbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Excluders, of which companied, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of the lower part of the outer face of a door showing the attach-.

ment of this draft excluder thereto.

Fig. 2 is a cross section and perspective view of one end of the strip, the contacting member and a portion of the casing being removed. 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective View detached of the removable contact member, and

Fig. 4, a horizontal section of the door showmg the contacting action by which the draft excluder is closed on the floor.

In these drawings 2 represents the lower part of the door and 3 the hinge stile of the frame. The device comprises a strip of metal 5, the longitudinal edges of which are folded to reinforce its strength and to provide grooves 6 for the reception of a casing or cover strip 7 the edges of which are bent to fit the grooves 6. Along the lower edge of the strip 5 is secured an edging 12 of fabric or rubber or the like to form a more effective closure on a possible imeven surface of thefloor line 4:-

This strip 5 is connected to the outer face of the bottom rail of the door by headed screws 8 through angled slots 9 which slope upward toward the hinge side of the door. The strip 5 is normally held in the upward position, that is at the upper limit of its movement on the screws 8, by light springs 10 each of which is connected in the line of the slot between a projection 11 cut and outwardly bent from the metal of the strip, and the screw 8 in the door face.

The lowerfelted edge 12 of the strip 5 is' thus normally maintained clear of the floor level 4, but if the strip 5 is moved endwise the screws 8 in'the angled slots 9 will move the strip downward into contact with the floor, as shown by dot and dash lines m F1g. 1, against theresistances of the sprmgs 10. p

En wise movement is imparted to the str1p'5 by a tongue 13 pivotally' mounted at 14 on the inner end of a member 15 which I is removably inserted in the end of the strip 5, which 1s toward the hinge stile, and is flanged at its outer end, as'at 16,.t0 bear against the -'end of the strip. The flanged end 16 is vertically slotted as at 17 to permit the end of the pivotally mounted tongue 13 to pass through and the outwardly projecting end is bent at right angles, as at 18,

to afford abearing contact against thehinge.

stile of the door when the door is closed.

The pivotal'mounting of this tongue 13 permits the strip 5 to rise and fall on the screws 8 without rubbing the contact end 18 of the tongue onthe hinge stile of the door frame.

The device is simple and cheap in construction. can be applied to any door without further work than 'the insertion of the screws, and is adaptable to a door hinged on either side by the change of the contact strip 5.

-Although such draft excluding strips have'been applied to the lower edge of a door and have been movable toward the floor line by endwise movement as set forth in the foregoing specification, such strips have not extended across the whole width'of the door but have been made in two sections oppositely movable from the middle by manual application; nor have any strips within my knowledge been endwise movable by a pivotally mounted contact to engage the hinge stile of the door frame and removably applicable to either end of the strip as occasion may require.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

1. A draft excluder for doors or the like, comprising a strip of metal having a strip of flexible material secured to its lower edge and extending substantially across the entire width .of the door, said strip having slots v Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

' member from one end to the" other of the for the screws by which it is connected to the door which slots are angled upward toward the hinge stile, springs for normall maintaining the strip clear of the floor llne, and a contact member,.a body detachably connected to one end of the strip on which body said contact member is pivoted to project beyond the hinge stile 'of the door to contact with the hinge stile of the door frame when the door is adjacent the closed position to move the strip endwise and press it downward to the floor line against the resistance of its springs.

2. A draft excluder for doors or the like, comprising a strip of metal having a strip of flexible material secured to its lower edge and extending substantially across the entire width of the door, said strip having slots for the Screws by which it is connected to the door which slots are angled upward toward the hinge stile, springs for normally maintaining the strip clear of the floor line, and a contact member projecting beyond the hinge stile of the door to contact with the hinge stile of the door frame when the door is adjacent the closed position to move the strip endwise and press it downward to the floor line against the resistance of its springs, said contact member being pivotally mounted on the inner end of a body, said body being adapted to be removably connected to either end of the strip, and the slots of said strip being in pairs oppositely angled;

3. A draft excluder for doors or the like, comprising a strip of metal the upper and lower edges of which are folded over to form a groove along its upper and lower edge and to retain a strip of flexible material along its lower edge, said strip having oppositely angled slots by which the strip may be secured to the lower outer face of the door by headed screws in those slots which are angled upward toward the hinge stile, springs nor- Lewes:

mally maintaining the strip clear of the floor line, and a tongue pivotally mounted in the inner end of a member removably insertible in the grooves at the end of the strip adjacent the hinge stile, said tongue carrying member being flanged outward to bear against the folded edges of the strip and slotted to permit the tongue to project through,

and be vertically movable in it, the project its lower edge, said strip having oppositely angled slots by which the strip may be secured to the lower outer face of the door by headed screws in those slots which are angled upward toward the hinge stile, springs normally maintaining the strip clear of the floor line, a tongue pivotally mounted in the inner end of a member removably insertible in the grooves at the end of the strip adjacent the hinge stile, said tongue carr g member being flanged outward to ear against the folded edges of the strip and slot ted to permit the tongue to project through, and be vertically movable in it, the projecting end of said tongue adapted to engage the hinge s'tile of the door frame adjacent the closed position of the door and move the strip endwise to press the lower flexible edge into contact with the floor line, and a casing the edges of which are endwise slidable in the grooves formed by the folded edges of the strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SQUIRE J. SMITH. 

